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=**John Doe** = == Birthday: September 12, 1828 Hometown: Gettysburg, PA Profession: Farmer School: Home Favorite Books: Bible Political Views: Republican Religious Views: Methodist

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1858: 1857: 1856: 1855: 1854: 1853: 1852: 1851: 1850:** Today there was an article about a compromise in Congress about the "peculiar institution." Maybe all will be right. That new Fugitive Slave Act probably won't be very well received...
 * 1860:** Our new president is Abraham Lincoln. Neither the North nor South trusts him. I fear that war is almost upon us.
 * 1859:

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 * Some good resources:**
 * 1) __Kindred__ by Octavia Butler
 * 2) //Glory// (1989) a movie about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment (an all black regiment who fought with incredible valor in the Civil War in a segregated unit led by a white officer). It was directed by Edward Zwick and starred Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman. It won three Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor (Washington).
 * 1) [] - a website with many, many primary sources from the Civil War and the antebellum period.
 * 2) __Killer Angels__ by Michael Shaara - a historical fiction novel about the Battle of Gettysburg written from the point of view of a variety of both Union and Confederate soldiers. It is extraordinarily well researched and gives some great insights into //why// people were fighting (on both sides) in addition to a general view into the time period. This book was also made into a film by the name "Gettysburg" (1993) directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. The full text is not available online but you can read some of it through googlebooks: [|here]
 * 3) //Gone With the Wind// (1939) a movie about the Civil War south based on the extraordinarily long book by the same title and written by Margaret Mitchell. You can probably find some clips online to get a feel for how the era was portrayed and what some (idealized) plantations looked like. It stars Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, and Olivia deHaviland.
 * 4) [] - a website with two pages of pictures you may want to browse and/or use.
 * 5) [] - A website with many, many good links about the Civil War. I strongly recommend that you check it out.
 * 6) [] - Has many photographs and some information about photography during the Civil War
 * 7) [] - Many first-person narratives of the American South both in the antebellum period and during the Civil War. These will be a good resource for you if you want to get the feel of daily life in the southern states.